I was cleaning the bathroom late last night and Alan was suggesting it was time for bed, so instead of finishing I just kind of left it as is. Fast forward to this morning after the gym, Alan bustles over to the shower and I hear some yelps and howls and then a slippery downhill thud and I realize I forgot to wipe down the shower after spraying it 🤦🏼‍♀️. No worries Alan wasn’t too bruised up, 😅😂 and I may have contained some snickers, but lesson learned. I should probably always finish cleaning the shower before hitting the hay. at Las Vegas, Nevada

Start doing a rain dance; this bone-dry winter isn't looking good for the Superbloom in CA 🌸🌼 Last year's bloom was insane! It's amazing how well adapted these plants are to the sandy, nutrient poor soils. Maybe we'll be surprised & the show will still be a good one this year.
Anywhere else in the Southwest actually get enough rain for a big wildflower bloom? AZ? UT? NV? I need answers!
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Today’s a very important day in my dear friend @porcelainarms’s medical career — I’ve had him saved in my phone as “Dr. Tyte” for 5 years now so you could say it’s been a long time coming. Proud!!! 🌹 at Seven Magic Mountains

The circumstances you're born into play a big role in how successful you may be later on in life. Some animals abandon their young in dangerous environments with lots of predators (think smaller animals like most insects, amphibians, and fish); as you can probably imagine, not very many survive into adulthood!
Coyotes, on the other hand, are all about making sure as many of their pups grow up strong and healthy as possible. Coyotes can have litters of up to 12 pups (averaging 6), so there's a lot of work to be done before mom gives birth in spring! Both male and female coyotes participate in digging out dens, which they can start on their own or steal from other animals like badgers (which then requires some further enlarging); why work harder than you have to, right?
Coyote dens aren't quite the intricate, multi-chambered mazes that prairie dogs create, but they do have to be big enough to fit an animal the size of a medium-sized dog and a handful of growing puppies. Dens aren't dug very deep underground (3-6 feet under the surface, usually), but some dens have been discovered that tunnel 50 feet into the side of a hill! Just like most other animals that dig out dens, coyotes like keep their vulnerable pups hidden and protected while they're helpless newborns.
Multiple den entrances (and several other dens on top of that) make coyote pups very hard to find, and that's exactly what mom and dad want. All this digging must be quite tiring for animals that aren't adapted to living underground, but for coyote parents, the exertion is worth keeping their puppies safe and sound!
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